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Dyn, Inc. Status:
DDoS Attack Against Dyn Managed DNS — Update - At this time, the advanced service monitoring issue has been resolved. Our engineers are still investigating and mitigating the attacks on our infrastructure. — Oct 21, 18:52 UTC — Update - Dyn Managed DNS advanced service monitoring is currently experiencing issues.
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William Turton / Gizmodo:
This Is Probably Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today — Twitter, Spotify and Reddit, and a huge swath of other websites were down or screwed up this morning. This was happening as hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host.
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
DDoS on Dyn Impacts Twitter, Spotify, Reddit
DDoS on Dyn Impacts Twitter, Spotify, Reddit
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The Atlantic, Techdirt, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Gizmodo, CBS Sacramento and The Week
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Trump's incredible shrinking map — In June, POLITICO identified 11 key battleground states — totaling 146 electoral votes — that would effectively decide the presidential election in November. A new examination of polling data and strategic campaign ad buys indicates that six of those 11 …
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
North Carolina slashed their early voting hours and now this is what the lines look like
North Carolina slashed their early voting hours and now this is what the lines look like
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In several key states, the early vote has shifted heavily to the Democrats since 2012
In several key states, the early vote has shifted heavily to the Democrats since 2012
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Political Wire
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why Hillary Wins — Hillary Clinton is a terrible candidate. Hey, that's what pundits have been saying ever since this endless campaign began. You have to go back to Al Gore in 2000 to find a politician who faced as much jeering from the news media, over everything from claims of dishonesty …
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Meredith Isaksen / New York Times:
Late-Term Abortion Was the Right Choice for Me
Late-Term Abortion Was the Right Choice for Me
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Al Smith Dinner I attended was different than one I read about — The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner has always been the most underrated night of the campaign season. — Two presidential candidates. New York City. The Waldorf Astoria. Lots of jokes, and invariably very good ones at that.
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post and Raw Story
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
GOP congressman on Clinton: 'A lady needs to be told when she's being nasty' — (CNN)Republican Rep. Brian Babin on Thursday defended Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton “a nasty woman” at the final presidential debate, saying “sometimes a lady needs to be told when she's being nasty.”
Virgin:
Meeting Donald Trump — After my last trip to the US, I shared my views on the presidential election. Having just completed another visit to Boston, Dallas and Miami, I wanted to share a previous encounter I had with Donald Trump. — Image from Getty Images
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
AJC poll: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked in Georgia — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked in Georgia with less than three weeks until Election Day, according to a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll. — The poll released Friday shows Trump leading Clinton …
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Tyler Bridges / The Advocate:
John Kennedy, Foster Campbell lead in poll used for next debate invites; David Duke makes cut … State Treasurer John Kennedy, left, makes a point during a candidate forum for U.S. Senate Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, at the Tchefuncta Country Club in Covington. He was joined at the dais …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
David Duke qualifies for Louisiana Senate debate
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: I'll have ‘lots of options’ to go after Clinton when I win — Donald Trump will have “lots of options” to go after Hillary Clinton if he's elected president, he told supporters Friday. — At a rally in Fletcher, North Carolina, Trump again dubbed his opponent “the most corrupt politician ever …
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Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Amid ‘rigged’ election charges, Russia wants to monitor U.S. vote — Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump's take on rigged elections ‘horrifying.’ USA TODAY — In an apparent move to embarrass the United States over Donald Trump's claims of a “rigged” presidential election …
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David French / National Review:
The Price I've Paid for Opposing Donald Trump — Trump's alt-right trolls have subjected me and my family to an unending torrent of abuse that I wouldn't wish on anyone. — I distinctly remember the first time I saw a picture of my then-seven-year-old daughter's face in a gas chamber.
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Guardian:
Bob Dylan removes mention of Nobel prize from website — After taking nearly a week to acknowledge award of Nobel prize in literature, sentence noting it disappears from his website — It took Bob Dylan the best part of a week to acknowledge that he had been awarded the Nobel prize in literature …
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Bob Dylan Newsletter / The Official Bob Dylan Site:
The Lyrics: 1961-2012 — A beautiful, comprehensive volume …
The Lyrics: 1961-2012 — A beautiful, comprehensive volume …
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Bayh didn't stay overnight in Indiana condo once in 2010 — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Evan Bayh says that his Indianapolis condominium has long been his home, and that he has spent “lots and lots” of time there since deciding to run for his old Senate seat. But a copy of his schedule shows Bayh …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Former Republican Party Chairman Says He Won't Vote For Trump — Steele at a debate last year. — Ethan Miller / Getty Images — Michael Steele, who led the Republican Party from 2009 to 2011, became the latest senior Republican figure to say he would not vote for Donald Trump.
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The Independent:
A woman was arrested on Monday after allegedly smearing peanut butter on 30 cars parked outside what she believed was a pro-Donald Trump rally. — Christina Ferguson was arrested in Amherst Junction, Wisconsin after interrupting what turned out to be a meeting of a local environmental organisation, Tomorrow River Conservation Club.
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Belinda Luscombe / TIME:
Gretchen Carlson's Next Fight — Belinda Luscombe is an editor-at-large of TIME — The former Fox News star is taking on sexual harassment. And she likes to win. — When Gretchen Carlson was a cub reporter in Virginia in the early '90s, she was returning from a shoot in the TV production truck …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, TVNewser and The Week
Nancy French / Washington Post:
What it's like to experience the 2016 election as both a conservative and a sex abuse survivor — “Should we pick him up?” The preacher pointed to the side of the road to a hitchhiker. — “No!” I shrieked, but the idea was intoxicating. I'd lived in a one-festival town my whole life.
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Daily Wire
New York Daily News:
Who I'm voting for, and why: We are enduring a campaign of seemingly boundless cynicism — The case against Hillary Clinton could have been written before the recent WikiLeaks and FBI disclosures. But these documents do provide hard textual backup. — The most sensational disclosure …
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The Resurgent and Universal Journal Review
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
WikiLeaks poisons Hillary's relationship with left — LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump is pointing to a stream of hacked emails as proof that Hillary Clinton would be a compromised president, but a surprising number of progressives are drawing similar conclusions — albeit for totally different reasons.
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The Daily Caller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week and Instapundit
Wall Street Journal:
AT&T Is in Advanced Talks to Acquire Time Warner — Deal could happen as early as this weekend — AT&T Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire Time Warner Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, a deal that would create a new hallmark in the rapidly converging realms of media, communications and the internet.
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump spent massive amounts in September just before donors grew jittery — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump in September spent more than twice what he had in any month prior, parting with $70 million just before his campaign hit its rockiest patch yet, which has unnerved a significant amount of donors, including Sheldon Adelson.
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Talking Points Memo, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Fox Business
Max Pizarro / The New York Observer:
Comedian Piscopo Feels out 2017 NJ Gubernatorial Bid with Christie — TRENTON - Former Saturday Night Live star Joe Piscopo came to the statehouse today for an afternoon sit-down with Governor Chris Christie. — The purpose? — Now a radio show host, Piscopo is feeling out a run for governor next year.
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Rachel Bishop / Mirror.co.uk:
Could mysterious hexagonal clouds in Bermuda Triangle caused by 170mph ‘air bombs’ be behind centuries of bizarre disappearances? — It is believed these deadly blasts of air that can flip over ships and bring planes crashing into the ocean could be behind the vanishing of at least 75 planes and hundreds of ships
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Daily Mail